Comments on: Nintendo laughs at Sony price drop

By: raindog469

raindog469 — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:14:09 +0000

Yeah, in fact, it’s starting to look like there won’t even be a $500 SKU this xmas, and the price of entry for the PS3 is back to five hundred ninety-nine US dollars.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:33:10 +0000

Remember folks, there really wasn’t a price drop at all. Sony is clearing out the smaller PS3 so it can introduce the 80GB one for $600 later on. The PS3, for now, still has SKUS at 500 and 600.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:06:09 +0000

I loled at “fanman”

I’ve never owned a PS2 (nintendo/xbox all the way)
though lately I have been thinking about getting one, especially if they drop below 100 bucks. PS3 will have to drop below 100 for me to say the same…

By: Wii Wii

Wii Wii — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:08:02 +0000

Still to much money for a system that only seems to have a FF game as its exclusive left.

The 360 and the Ps3 are very, very close interms of Power, graphics and games. With the 360 being cheaper and more exclusives.

Buy a 360 and Buy a Wii it is the best gamer conbination EVER

By: raindog469

raindog469 — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:50:18 +0000

I don’t understand why it’s such a big deal that Sony has dropped the price of their console in the July after its release. They dropped the price of the PS1 in the May following its release, and it didn’t start selling well until they did.

I’d like Sony to be humbled now just as I was glad to see Nintendo humbled then. But I don’t think 500 bucks is low enough. Some people say “well, look at all you get”, but what I see is “well, look at all you’re forced to buy into.”

By: Doofus_J

Doofus_J — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:28:28 +0000

That’s some good thinking, deepthought. In the overall scheme of things, however, I simply don’t see hi-def movies, on either Blu-Ray or HD-DVD, as being the next big thing. Personally, I think your average person isn’t going to repurchase his or her DVD collection. No doubt, Hi-Def movies look great, but I don’t think the jump is as significant as that of VHS to DVD. Say Blu-Ray wins the so-called format war, I wonder how big of a selling point that feature will be on the PS3 in that scenario.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know how well the XBOX 360 HD-DVD player is selling, since it’s separate from the console?

(By the way, this is the best Nintendo site I’ve found for good, old fashioned, civilized conversation. A round of applause for all the site staff and all the readers who are enlightened enough to visit here.)

By: deepthought

deepthought — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:05:52 +0000

the walmart hddvd deal sounds like a harbinger of hddvd’s weakness. that is, the price may cave as demand plummets. who wants an hddvd when the format wont even by supported by blockbuster (who’s strategy of combining a netflicks service with brick and mortar instant gratification is great for building mkt share, btw, imho)?

By: WalmartBob

WalmartBob — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:57:16 +0000

I agree with the walmart assessment. I would start buying walmart stock by the bundle because they have a couple more deals in the works to sell name brand electronics substantially cheaper than their competitors. How do I know this? It is my job…

By: Doofus_J

Doofus_J — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:30:36 +0000

Invisible_man – That’s true, the PS2 is still selling phenomenonally well. That should tell Sony something about the value of having a low price point. I think Sony was really over reaching this generation, trying to cover too many points at one time … it’s like a kid screaming, “Oh yeah, well I can do all that stuff too, only better.”

On a side note: I heard that Wal-Mart has struck some kind of deal to begin selling HD-DVD players for dirt cheap. I wonder how that will affect the format war, as well as its impact on one of Sony’s key selling points with the PS3. Any thoughts?

By: MIS

MIS — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:16:44 +0000

Metal Gear born on the Playstation?

I think not…